Dick Kelley

Richard Anthony Kelley

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 174 lb.

Born: January 8, 1940 in Brighton, MA
Signed by the Milwaukee Braves as an amateur free agent in 1959. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 15, 1964
Teams (by GP): Braves/Padres 1964-1971

Final Game: September 28, 1971
Died: December 11, 1991 in Northridge, CA
Cremated
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All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

Standard Pitching

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1959	19	ATL-min	C,B	6	5	.545	5.07	28	17					126.0	140	91	71	12	101								1.913	10.0	0.9	7.2			BOI,CDR · PION,IIIL
1960	20	ATL-min	C	13	8	.619	4.57	37	20					130.0	107	75	66	8	98								1.577	7.4	0.6	6.8			BOI · PION
1961	21	ATL-min	B	15	5	.750	2.42	26	24					186.0	132	61	50	15	122								1.366	6.4	0.7	5.9			CDR · IIIL
1962	22	ATL-min	AA	8	7	.533	4.41	28	22		4	1		151.0	141	82	74	8	89	1	110	7	0	9			1.523	8.4	0.5	5.3	6.6	1.24	AUS · TL
1963	23	ATL-min	AAA	6	9	.400	4.20	28	15					105.0	103	72	49	7	65		108						1.600	8.8	0.6	5.6	9.3	1.66	DEN · PCL
1964	24	ATL-min	AAA	0	0		9.00	5	0		0	0		2.0	4	2	2	0	1	1	1	0	0	0			2.500	18.0	0.0	4.5	4.5	1.00	DEN · PCL
1964	24	MLN	NL	0	0		18.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	2	4	4	0	3	0	2	0	0	2	11	24	2.500	9.0	0.0	13.5	9.0	0.67
1965	25	ATL-min	AAA	11	2	.846	2.16	14	14		3	1		104.0	78	29	25	5	34	2	90	1	0	2			1.077	6.8	0.4	2.9	7.8	2.65	ATA · IL
1965	25	MLN	NL	1	1	.500	3.00	21	4	5	0	0	0	45.0	37	15	15	5	20	2	31	0	0	3	186	118	1.267	7.4	1.0	4.0	6.2	1.55
1966	26	ATL-min	AAA	9	7	.563	2.08	19	19		11	2		143.0	106	40	33	12	47	0	123	2	0	3			1.070	6.7	0.8	3.0	7.7	2.62	RMD · IL
1966	26	ATL	NL	7	5	.583	3.22	20	13	1	2	2	0	81.0	75	36	29	6	21	2	50	3	0	4	333	115	1.185	8.3	0.7	2.3	5.6	2.38
1967	27	ATL	NL	2	9	.182	3.77	39	9	9	1	1	2	98.0	88	48	41	8	42	7	75	1	0	2	414	89	1.327	8.1	0.7	3.9	6.9	1.79
1968	28	ATL	NL	2	4	.333	2.75	31	11	5	1	1	1	98.1	86	36	30	4	45	2	73	1	0	5	419	110	1.332	7.9	0.4	4.1	6.7	1.62
1969	29	SDP	NL	4	8	.333	3.57	27	23	3	1	1	0	136.0	113	60	54	11	61	8	96	5	1	1	572	99	1.279	7.5	0.7	4.0	6.4	1.57

1971	31	SDP	NL	2	3	.400	3.47	48	1	24	0	0	2	59.2	52	26	23	5	23	5	42	4	0	0	256	96	1.257	7.8	0.8	3.5	6.3	1.83
1972	32	TEX-min	AAA	1	1	.500	5.79	9	0		0	0	0	14.0	16	14	9	0	12	3	11	1	0	1			2.000	10.3	0.0	7.7	7.1	0.92	DEN · AA
7 Seasons				18	30	.375	3.39	188	61	47	5	5	5	520.0	453	225	196	39	215	26	369	14	1	17	2191	101	1.285	7.8	0.7	3.7	6.4	1.72
162 Game Avg.				5	8	.375	3.39	51	17	13	1	1	1	142	124	61	54	11	59	7	101	4	0	5	598	101	1.285	7.8	0.7	3.7	6.4	1.72

ATL (5 yrs)				12	19	.387	3.30	113	37	20	4	4	3	324.1	288	139	119	23	131	13	231	5	0	16	1363	102	1.292	8.0	0.6	3.6	6.4	1.76
SDP (2 yrs)				6	11	.353	3.54	75	24	27	1	1	2	195.2	165	86	77	16	84	13	138	9	1	1	828	98	1.273	7.6	0.7	3.9	6.3	1.64

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary
1964	24	MLN	NL	2.0	0	4	1	0	.3	-3	-0.2	$
1965	25	MLN	NL	45.0	4	15	23	1	1.0	8	0.7	$
1966	26	ATL	NL	81.0	13	36	44	-1	1.1	8	0.9	$
1967	27	ATL	NL	98.0	9	48	52	-1	.9	4	0.2	$
1968	28	ATL	NL	98.1	11	36	45	0	1.0	9	0.9	$
1969	29	SDP	NL	136.0	23	60	77	-3	1.2	17	2.0	$

1971	31	SDP	NL	59.2	1	26	31	-2	.9	5	0.2	$
7 Seasons				520.0	61	225	273	-6	1.0	48	4.7	$

ATL (5 yrs)				324.1	37	139	165	-1	1.0	26	2.5	$
SDP (2 yrs)				195.2	24	86	108	-5	1.1	22	2.2	$

Standard Batting

More Stats

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos
1959	19	ATL-min	C,B	34	66	66		12	3	0	2						.182	.182	.318	.500		21						BOI,CDR · PION,IIIL
1960	20	ATL-min	C	43	39	39		6	0	1	0						.154	.154	.205	.359		8						BOI · PION
1961	21	ATL-min	B	26	61	61		10	3	0	0						.164	.164	.213	.377		13						CDR · IIIL
1962	22	ATL-min	AA	38	58	51	7	8	3	0	0	3	0		1	22	.157	.173	.216	.389		11		0	6	0	0	AUS · TL
1963	23	ATL-min	AAA	28	39	38	4	6	0	2	0	5	0	0	1	19	.158	.179	.263	.443		10						DEN · PCL
1964	24	ATL-min	AAA	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0		DEN · PCL
1964	24	MLN	NL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1965	25	ATL-min	AAA	14	41	35	5	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	20	.143	.211	.143	.353		5		0	3	0		ATA · IL
1965	25	MLN	NL	22	8	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1966	26	ATL-min	AAA	22	54	47	3	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	29	.106	.125	.128	.253		6		0	6	0		RMD · IL
1966	26	ATL	NL	20	29	28	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	.036	.036	.036	.071	-80	1	0	0	1	0	0	1
1967	27	ATL	NL	39	19	16	2	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	11	.250	.294	.313	.607	75	5	0	0	2	0	0	1
1968	28	ATL	NL	31	27	23	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	12	.043	.154	.043	.197	-38	1	0	0	1	0	0	1
1969	29	SDP	NL	27	48	47	0	5	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	24	.106	.106	.128	.234	-33	6	1	0	1	0	0	1

1971	31	SDP	NL	48	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	96	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
1972	32	TEX-min	AAA	9	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000		0		0	1	0		DEN · AA
7 Seasons				189	134	125	3	12	2	0	0	3	0	0	4	70	.096	.124	.112	.236	-32	14	1	0	5	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	115	107	3	10	2	0	0	3	0	0	3	60	.096	.124	.112	.236	-32	12	1	0	4	0	0

ATL (5 yrs)				114	83	75	3	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	4	45	.080	.127	.093	.220	-36	7	0	0	4	0	0
SDP (2 yrs)				75	51	50	0	6	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	25	.120	.120	.140	.260	-26	7	1	0	1	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
1965	25	MLN	NL	8	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	-2	-0.2	-2	-0.2	0.0	$	1
1966	26	ATL	NL	29	-7	0	0	0	0	2	1	-4	-0.5	-4	-0.4	-0.1	$	1
1967	27	ATL	NL	19	-1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0.0	1	0.1	-0.1	$	1
1968	28	ATL	NL	27	-4	0	0	0	0	2	1	-1	-0.2	-1	-0.1	-0.1	$	1
1969	29	SDP	NL	48	-8	0	0	0	0	4	2	-2	-0.3	-2	-0.2	-0.1	$	1

1971	31	SDP	NL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	1
6 Seasons				134	-22	0	0	0	0	9	5	-8	-1.2	-8	-0.8	-0.4	$

ATL (4 yrs)				83	-14	0	0	0	0	5	3	-6	-0.9	-6	-0.6	-0.3	$
SDP (2 yrs)				51	-8	0	0	0	0	4	2	-2	-0.3	-2	-0.2	-0.1	$

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	PO
1964	MLN	NL	24	P	2	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0		0.00	0.00		2.25	2.15	0	0		0
1965	MLN	NL	25	P	21	4	0	45.0	10	1	8	1	0	.900	1.80	0.43	.956	2.08	2.08	4	2	33%	0
1966	ATL	NL	26	P	20	13	2	81.0	10	0	8	2	1	.800	0.89	0.40	.947	1.96	1.96	3	2	40%	1
1967	ATL	NL	27	P	39	9	1	98.0	25	5	20	0	1	1.000	2.30	0.64	.960	2.00	2.00	9	1	10%	0
1968	ATL	NL	28	P	31	11	1	98.1	28	7	20	1	3	.964	2.47	0.87	.958	2.01	2.02	4	0	0%	1
1969	SDP	NL	29	P	27	23	1	136.0	36	9	27	0	1	1.000	2.38	1.33	.958	1.95	1.94	7	5	42%	2
1971	SDP	NL	31	P	48	1	0	59.2	13	5	8	0	1	1.000	1.96	0.27	.954	1.90	1.90	3	1	25%	0
	7 Seasons			P	188	61	5	520.0	122	27	91	4	7	.967	2.04	0.63	.957	1.98	1.98	30	11	27%	4
	7 Seasons			TOT	188	61	5	520.0	122	27	91	4	7	.967	2.04	0.63	.957	1.98	1.98	30	11	27%	4

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame Standards

Pitching - 10 (835), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

Before 1959 Season: Signed by the Milwaukee Braves as an amateur free agent.
October 14, 1968: Drafted by the San Diego Padres from the Atlanta Braves as the 28th pick in the 1968 expansion draft.

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